Chester Morris — Actor (18)
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Smashing the Rackets (1938) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Smashing the Rackets
director: Lew Landers actor: Chester Morris / Frances Mercer …
Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothing job in the district attorney's office. Meanwhile, he meets wild debutante Letty Lane, girlfriend of mob mouthpiece Steve Lawrence; and Letty's much nicer sister Susan. Now the slot machine gang brutally beats Jim's friends Franz and Otto. And Jim finds a way to use his nominal position to go into the racket- busting business. But his success puts Letty in deadly peril...
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The Case of Sergeant Grischa (1930) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
director: Herbert Brenon actor: Chester Morris / Betty Compson …
other title: 格里斯查中士之案 / El sargento Grischa
This film earned an Oscar nomination for Sound Recording. It is the only film nominated in this category that is among the lost. No negative or print material is known to have survived. Contemporary reviews were scathing, describing the film as a vastly overlong and boring talk-fest.
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The Miracle Man (1932) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Miracle Man
director: Norman Z. McLeod actor: Sylvia Sidney / Chester Morris …
other title: Spiel am Abgrund / El milagro de la fe
A gang of crooks evade the police by moving their operations to a small town. There the gang's leader, John Madison, encounters a faith healer and uses him to scam the gullible public of funds for a supposed chapel. But when a real healing takes place, a change comes over the gang.
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Secret Command (1944) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Secret Command
director: A. Edward Sutherland actor: Pat O'Brien / Carole Landis …
other title: Les saboteurs / 秘密命令 …
Sam Gallagher returns home to Los Angeles as an undercover spy for the Navy, getting a job at the shipyards where his brother, Jeff, is a foreman. Jeff still resents Sam for abandoning the family years ago and fears he may steal away Lea Damaron, his current girlfriend -- who is Sam's old flame. While Sam tries to sniff out Nazi saboteurs in the plant, he grows closer to Jill McGann, the agent tasked with pretending to be his wife.
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Confessions of Boston Blackie (1941) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Confessions of Boston Blackie
director: Edward Dmytryk actor: Chester Morris / Harriet Nelson …
other title: El secreto de la estatua
A murder is committed during the auction of a valuable statue. The prime suspect is Boston Blackie, whose reputation for living on the edge of the law makes him an easy target for the police. When the body disappears, Blackie must find it to prove his innocence.
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Canal Zone (1942) IMDb
Canal Zone
director: Lew Landers actor: Chester Morris
A cocky pilot at a Panama Canal bomber station clashes with his trainer over recklessness and a woman. After causing a fatal crash while hungover, he seeks redemption when his rivals crash in the jungle.